Hi,

I have a array containing japanese caracters as well as "normal". How do I align the printout of these?

#!/usr/bin/python
# coding=utf-8

a1=['??', '???', 'trazan', '??', '????']
a2=['dipsy', 'laa-laa', 'banarne', 'po', 'tinky winky']

for i,j in zip(a1,a2):
    print i.ljust(12),':',j

print '-'*8

for i,j in zip(a1,a2):
    print i,len(i)
    print j,len(j)

Output:

??       : dipsy
???    : laa-laa
trazan       : banarne
??       : po
???? : tinky winky
--------
?? 6
dipsy 5
??? 9
laa-laa 7
trazan 6
banarne 7
?? 6
po 2
???? 12
tinky winky 11

thanks, //Fredrik